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"Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"
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Episode Information
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"Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" is the fourth episode of season 2.
Contents
Synopsis
Bart and Lisa go fishing downstream of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and Springfield Shopper reporter Dave Shutton pulls up just as Bart catches a three-eyed fish, Blinky. From the resulting publicity the governor, Mary Bailey, calls for an investigation of the power plant and its owner, Montgomery Burns. After an inspection, Mr. Burns is presented with a list of over 342 violations, which would cost $56 million to rectify. Distraught, Mr. Burns talks to underperforming employee Homer Simpson who half-heartedly suggests Mr. Burns run for Governor. Mr. Burns pounces on the idea. Marge wants nothing to do with Homer's campaigning for Burns, even though Homer implies that he could move up to an executive position this way, because she believes Mr. Burns is attempting to gain political office in order to cover up problems at the plant. Homer's support for Burns divides the Simpson house because Marge and Lisa support Bailey. It is unsure whether Bart himself supports either Bailey or Burns, but he is seen wearing a "Vote for Burns" T-shirt, probably because Homer made him do so.
Burns's political advisors break the news to Burns that he is not well liked and force Burns to try being friendly and even smile. Burns also does a TV commercial, discussing Blinky with an actor portraying Charles Darwin, who claims Blinky is an evolutionary step. Combined with a smear campaign against Mary Bailey this eventually leads to Burns tying Bailey in the polls. On the night before the election, Smithers and his other advisors suggest that Burns have dinner at the Simpsons' house as an opportunity to put Burns "over the top". To everyone's surprise, Marge serves Blinky, the three-eyed fish that Bart caught, for dinner. Mr. Burns tries to act as if it doesn't bother him, but is not able to keep from spitting it out. The cameras flash as the bite flies through the air, but the press is gone and his gubernatorial campaign is over by the time the chunk hits the floor. But nevertheless, it brought the Simpson family back together again.
Trivia
General
- Bart's scrapbook contains a clipping headlined "Vandal Decapitates Town Statue... Who is El Barto?", referencing his own exploits in 'The Telltale Head'.
- Homer arrives at work at 3pm (fashionably late?), but when he falls asleep and then wakes up he realizes it is 9:30PM, to which he phones Marge and claims "those 12-hour days are killing me!"
- Burns drinks from 5:05pm until 8:30pm, but passes Homer at 9:30, meaning he stumbled drunkenly around the plant for a solid hour. Neither Homer nor Mr. Burns notice (or respectively choose to ignore) each other's shortcomings, in this case Homer's sleeping on the job and Burns' drinking on the job, as Burns accuses Homer of working late, which Homer does not say anything else and accepts the compliment "You and I are a dying breed." The chance meeting has Burns believe Homer is a hard-working employee who can be trusted, hence the unraveling of the episode.
- 98% of Springfield voters see Mr. Burns as despicable or worse.
Errors
- Springfield's state flag, as seen in this episode, has three horizontal bars: green, white, and red, with a blue star, with the motto "Not Just Another State" in the red part.
Previous episode references
- At the retirement home, after Burns' election commercial, the Duff Beer commercial from Homer's Odyssey can be heard.
Cultural references
- There are numerous visual and dialog references to Citizen Kane, including Burns making a speech in front of a huge poster of himself, and overturning furniture. Also, Burns' line, "The line "You can't do this to me! I'm Charles Montgomery Burns!" This also reveals for the first time Mr. Burns' full name, and is a reference to the line "You cannot do this to me, I am Charles Foster Kane!" from Citizen Kane.
- Burns mentions "slings and arrows", which is a phrase used in "Hamlet".
- Other reference to Citizen Kane include Bart asking Homer "Is your boss governor yet?", like "Is Pop governor yet?", and showing Burns giving a speech in front of a gigantic poster of himself.
- The title is a reference to President Herbert Hoover's 1932 reelection campaign slogan, "A car in every garage and a chicken in every pot."
- "Mary Bailey" is the name of George Bailey's (played by Jimmy Stewart) wife in "It's a Wonderful Life", played by Donna Reed.
Censorship
For an unknown reason this episode is rated TV-14 in syndication.
Apperances
Characters
Simpson family
- 222px-Homer Simpson 2006.png
- Marge.png
- Lisa Simpson2.png
- Maggie.png
- 200px-SantasLittleHelper.png
- Snowball2.png
- Abe.jpg
Journalists
- David Shutton (first appearance)
Wild animals
- Blinky.jpg
Politics
- Mary Bailey (first appearance)
Springfield Nuclear Power Plant staff
- Montgomery Burns.png
- C-smithers.gif
Nuclear safety inspectors
- Inspectors.jpg
Nuclear Inspector's (first appearances)
Springfield Retirement Castle elderly and staff
- Jasper.png
Moe's Tavern patrons and staff
- 222px-Barney Gumble.PNG
Actors
TV personalities
- Scott.jpg
Locations
Residential
- 742simphouse.jpg
- Springfield-retirement.jpg
Natural grounds
- Old fishin hole.jpg
Ol' Fishin' Hole (only appearance)
Industrial
- Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.gif
Retail
Vehicles
Simpson family owned
Nuclear Inspector's owned
- Inspvan.jpg
Inspector's Van (first appearance)
